Faizabad sit-in was a conspiracy to trigger a war

BANNU: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Thursday said pushing the society into war is not Shariat as the Faizabad sit-in was a conspiracy hatched to trigger a war-like situation.
He said that the right over the natural resources could not be materialised despite amendment to the Constitution in this regard. Speaking at the Seerat-e-Mustafa Conference here, the Maulana said that parliament had passed a law giving the provinces’ the right over the natural resources but it could not be implemented in letter and spirit. He said the tribal areas were rich in natural resources and the world was eyeing these resources.

Pakistani columnist Farman Nawaz, who previously ran an Urdu Weekly Jirga Bannu, is the editor of The Bannu Times. Nawaz also runs an online newspaper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa News and KAS Research Journal. Nawaz has written English articles for Global Times China , Daily Outlook Afghanistan and several leading English newspapers of Pakistan. He had also worked as a blogger for Express News TV Network website.